The economic cost of bereavement in Scotland.

Stephen, Audrey I.; Macduff, Colin; Petrie, Dennis J.; Tseng, Fu-Min; Schut, Henk; Sk�r, Silje; Corden, Anne; Birrell, John; Wang, Shaolin; Newsom, Cate; Wilson, Stewart

Abstract

Aspects of the socioeconomic costs of bereavement in Scotland were estimated using 3 sets of data. Spousal bereavement was associated with increased mortality and longer hospital stays, with additional annual cost of around {pound}20 million. Cost of bereavement coded consultations in primary care was estimated at around {pound}2.0 million annually. In addition, bereaved people were significantly less likely to be employed in the year of and 2 years after bereavement than non-bereaved matched controls, but there were no significant differences in income between bereaved people and matched controls before and after bereavement.

Citation

STEPHEN, A.I., MACDUFF, C., PETRIE, D.J., TSENG, F.-M., SCHUT, H., SKAR, S., CORDEN, A., BIRRELL, J., WANG, S., NEWSOM, C. and WILSON, S. 2015. The economic cost of bereavement in Scotland. Death studies [online], 39(3), pages 151-157. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2014.920435

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 23, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Jan 28, 2015
• Publication Date: Mar 31, 2015
• Deposit Date: Oct 19, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 19, 2017
• Journal: Death studies
• Print ISSN: 0748-1187
• Electronic ISSN: 1091-7683
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 39
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 151-157
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2014.920435
• Keywords: Socio-economic costs; Bereavement; Health; Income; Employment
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2556
• Contract Date: Oct 19, 2017